The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-30
CITY NOTES.

Mr.. George Leonard has been appoint
ed postal clerk ON the Palatka and Dray-
ton Island route. He will begin his du-
ties on next Monday:
Bev. A. r. Macoubrey, ID. d., will
preach in the Presbyterian Church Sab
bath evening next, at 7:30. DIR. Ma
coubrey is said to be one of the most elO-
quent clergymen in Florida. A cordial
welcome will be extended to all who at
tend this service.
The Baptism Sunday School will meet
at 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning. All
the scholars an friends of the schools
are requested to be present, as arrange
ments will be perfected for the picnic ON
Tuesday, when the Gainesville Baptist
school will be present.
No city in the country presents a
quieter appearance in the evening than
Palatka. All the stores in the main
business part of the town close early,
except the drug stores and saloons, and
the street loafers SO noticeable in most
cities are not to be seen.
The Jacksonville Price Current does
us proud in the following: No paper in
the State has risen so rapidly in public
favor as THE PALATKA DAILY News. 1t
is received every morning with the other
daily newspapers of jacksonville, reach
ing here on the early train. THE NEWS
is a corker.
The drama, War to the Knife" is an
intensely interesting play, which will be
presented at the Opera House on Mon
day evening next by the Palatka Dram
attic Club. The club is actively re-
hearsing and will present the drama in
the best manner. Do not fail to get a
ticket and witness the performance.
Judge Vertrees came very near losing
one of his fine mules by drowning on
tached to a cart and in hacking up to the
schooner Florence and Lillian at Adams
wharf, the wheels went overheard and
pulled the mule into the water. The
harness was quickly cut from the mule,
and it was allowed to swim out.
In short note yesterday referring to
a euchre party at the Phoenix Hotel, the
types made us say that it took place
last Sunday evening"" when it should
have read simply last eve ming" Sun
day evening eucre parties are not fash
ionable in Palatka, especially since the
Sunday laws have been so rigidly en-
forced.
A St. Paul physician thinks that
poppies could be raised in Florida at
profit of 81 900 per acre. y certain
bachelor friend in Palatka says that he
has tried To ''pop"-the question-scores
of times, but his crop has so far proved
dismal failure. He is thinking of
going into poppy culture, and hopes to
be more successful in his next efforts
Some Florida local editors are A No l
when it comes to writing from high
horse standpoint, as witness the follow
ing from the Oxford Orange Leaf.
"Were our pen quill from the pinion
OF the loftlest seraph that basks IN gleam-
ing glory and dipped in the refulgent ra-
dance of the rainbow's fountain. we
could not describe how supremacy happy
one of our young men looks when in the
ethereal presence of his adored one"
Somebody hit him with a sugar-tit,
The following clipped from the Day
tona Journal will furnish "a valuable hint
to some of our gardeners:
CLARK Marsh at Silver Beach dis
counts the Cole system of sub-irritation,
his plan being to make beds with bot
toms and sides of concrete. filled in with
earth properly fertihzed and sup
Piled with water from his fine artesian
well. Before the soil is put in, the bot
tom of the bed is covered with shell and
layer of leaves, etc. permitting the
water to permeate underneath. In these
beds he has raised astonishing quaint
ties of fine vegetables during the winter
Mr.. Marsh has also made a success of De
can culture from CRAFTS on the common
hickory"
The Fairbanks Neirs says that: by
letter to the Gainesville Advocate from
Georgia, we learn that Melrose is in dan
ger Of being struck by railroad lightning
from an unlocked for direction, l. e.. a
road from Atlanta to Palatka. This road
the writer claims, is backed bv two
strong corporations, and is very likely to
be built in the near future. In conclu-
sion, the writer says: The general di-
rection of this line may he seen by OBJ
serving the great water she'd in the CEN
ter of Georgia, east and west. and run
ming south of Valdosta or Quitman into
Florida by way of Jasper. Lake City,
Waldo, and terminating at Palatka. 1t
rs not necessary to point out the great
advantage this new line will be To
Florida"